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- Dictionaryevacuate/ɪˈvakjʊeɪt/
verb
- 1. remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place: "several families were evacuated from their homes" Similar
- 2. remove air, water, or other contents from (a container): technical "when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond"
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EVACUATE definition: 1. to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. to empty something of its contents…. Learn more.
The meaning of EVACUATE is to remove the contents of : empty. How to use evacuate in a sentence.
to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood. to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety: to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat. Military.
EVACUATE meaning: 1. to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. to empty something of its contents…. Learn more.
To evacuate is to flee, like how people leave an area when a hurricane is coming. It also means to empty something completely. If you have to evacuate your home, something horrible is probably happening, like a natural disaster.
To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area. They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country. [ VERB noun ]
1. a. To withdraw or depart from; vacate: The coastal areas were evacuated before the hurricane made landfall. b. To withdraw or send away (troops or inhabitants) from a threatened area: The Coast Guard helped evacuate the citizens after the flood. c. To relinquish military possession or occupation of (a town, for example). 2.
[transitive, intransitive] evacuate (something) to move out of a place because of danger, and leave the place empty. Employees were urged to evacuate their offices immediately. Locals were told to evacuate. Topics Danger c1, War and conflict c1
to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer: The police quickly evacuated the area after the bomb threat. evacuation. noun [ C, U ] uk / ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃ ə n / us. the evacuation of civilians from the war zone. (Definition of evacuate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of evacuate.
to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood.
